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Table 2 Relationship between telephone status, drinking, cannabis use and smoking

From: Surveying alcohol and other drug use through telephone sampling: a comparison of landline and mobile phone samples

 

Adjusted odds ratio for mobile-only subsample (compared to landline sample)

95% Confidence interval

Total drinking volume+

1.15

(0.88-1.51)

Risky drinking

0.90

(0.62-1.29)

Very risky drinking

1.11

(0.76-1.62)

Lifetime cannabis use

1.55

(1.09-2.20)*

Recent cannabis use

2.36

(1.30-4.30)*

Current smoking

2.43

(1.65-3.57)*

  1. Controlling for age, sex, location and education status.
  2. * statistically significant at p < 0.05.
  3. + Note that the model for total volume was a negative binomial regression model, and the parameter presented here for it is an Incident Rate Ratio rather than an Odds Ratio.
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BMC Medical Research Methodology

ISSN: 1471-2288

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